Popular devotional practices play a
crucial role in helping to foster this ceaseless
prayer. The faithful have always used a variety
of practices as a means of permeating everyday
life with prayer to God. Examples include
pilgrimages, novenas, processions and
celebrations in honor of Mary and the other
saints, the rosary, the
Angelus, the Stations of the Cross, the
veneration of relics, and the use of
sacramentals. Properly used, popular devotional
practices do not replace the liturgical life of
the Church; rather, they extend it into daily
life. - Catechism of the Catholic
Church, 2nd ed. (Washington, DC: United
States Conference of Catholic Bishops-Libreria
Editrice Vaticana, 2000), no. 1675.